HK1041098A1 - Multibit magnetic memory element - Google Patents

Multibit magnetic memory element

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Publication number
HK1041098A1
HK1041098A1 HK02102604.2A HK02102604A HK1041098A1 HK 1041098 A1 HK1041098 A1 HK 1041098A1 HK 02102604 A HK02102604 A HK 02102604A HK 1041098 A1 HK1041098 A1 HK 1041098A1
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Hong Kong
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memory element
magnetic memory
multibit
multibit magnetic
memory
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HK02102604.2A
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Chinese (zh)
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K Bhattacharyya Manoj
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三星電子株式會社
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N50/00—Galvanomagnetic devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N50/00—Galvanomagnetic devices
    • H10N50/10—Magnetoresistive devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/02—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using magnetic elements
    • G11C11/16—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using magnetic elements using elements in which the storage effect is based on magnetic spin effect
    • G11C11/161—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using magnetic elements using elements in which the storage effect is based on magnetic spin effect details concerning the memory cell structure, e.g. the layers of the ferromagnetic memory cell
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
    • G11C11/5607—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using magnetic storage elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2211/00—Indexing scheme relating to digital stores characterized by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C2211/56—Indexing scheme relating to G11C11/56 and sub-groups for features not covered by these groups
    • G11C2211/561—Multilevel memory cell aspects
    • G11C2211/5615—Multilevel magnetic memory cell using non-magnetic non-conducting interlayer, e.g. MTJ
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2211/00—Indexing scheme relating to digital stores characterized by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C2211/56—Indexing scheme relating to G11C11/56 and sub-groups for features not covered by these groups
    • G11C2211/561—Multilevel memory cell aspects
    • G11C2211/5616—Multilevel magnetic memory cell using non-magnetic conducting interlayer, e.g. GMR, SV, PSV

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Mram Or Spin Memory Techniques (AREA)
  • Hall/Mr Elements (AREA)
  • Thin Magnetic Films (AREA)
HK02102604.2A 2000-03-09 2002-04-08 Multibit magnetic memory element HK1041098A1 (en)

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JP (1) JP4818523B2 (en)
KR (1) KR20010089201A (en)
CN (1) CN1319070C (en)
DE (1) DE60119199D1 (en)
HK (1) HK1041098A1 (en)
TW (1) TW514914B (en)

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